{"id":11331,"date":"2026-04-24T11:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/?p=11331"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:28:04","slug":"gmb-graduate-students-recognized-by-unc-graduate-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/2026\/04\/gmb-graduate-students-recognized-by-unc-graduate-school\/","title":{"rendered":"GMB Graduate Students Recognized by UNC Graduate School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genetics and Molecular Biology graduate students were recognized by the University of North Carolina Graduate School in April for their prestigious external fellowships.<\/p>\n<p>External fellowships, which are highly competitive awards from the federal government and other organizations, add to Carolina\u2019s reputation as one of the world\u2019s leading public research universities. This academic year, 170 graduate students campus-wide, who represent 44 academic programs, received prestigious external fellowships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Congratulations to the following Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Students for their impressive accomplishments:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Abrash<\/strong>, NIH Fellowship (F31) \u2013 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><strong>Erica Branham<\/strong>, NIH Fellowship (F31) \u2013 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><strong>Geoffrey Fox<\/strong>, NIH Fellowship (F31) \u2013 National Human Genome 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Vandermolen<\/strong>, NIH Fellowship (F31) \u2013 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genetics and Molecular Biology graduate students were recognized by the University of North Carolina Graduate School in April for their prestigious external 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